People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal
Senegal: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 33.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal, 2011–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 33.3% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal peaked at 36.8% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 33.3%, in 2024.
Senegal ranks 90th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36.8% | — |
| 2012 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 36.4% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 36.0% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 35.6% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 35.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 34.8% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 34.4% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 34.1% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 33.7% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 33.3% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.4% | 35.2% | 36.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 34.1% | 33.3% | 34.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 87 Central African Republic 35.4% compare
- 88 South Sudan 34.7% compare
- 89 Chad 34.1% compare
- 91 Guinea 33.1% compare
- 92 Côte d'Ivoire 31.4% compare
- 93 Niger 29.8% compare
More health data for Senegal
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7598 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 835.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,496 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0658 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal was 33.3% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 36.8% in 2011.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.3% in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Senegal ranks 90th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.